Anybody knows if this feeder prevents doves? I'm looking for a feeder that doesn't let doves/pigeons get the seeds. I have one feeder at home for cardinal but the doves eat most of the seeds and cardinal /finch didnt get to enjoy the food much. Thank you so much! Anybody knows if this feeder prevents doves? I'm looking for a feeder that doesn't let doves/pigeons get the seeds. I have one feeder at home for cardinal but the doves eat most of the... » Read More Anybody knows if this feeder prevents doves? I'm looking for a feeder that doesn't let doves/pigeons get the seeds. I have one feeder at home for cardinal but the doves eat most of the seeds and cardinal /finch didnt get to enjoy the food much. Thank you so much! « Show Less
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Exact reason I bought it myself! I believe both sizes are calibrated for 4 ounces. A dove weighs enough to bring down the covers. Mine is hanging my deck and I've put a terra cotta saucer under it to catch the seed being thrown out so there is always one there, but most of them have moved on. Great feeder! Hope this helps.
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Here's some info on keeping pigeons away: http://www.backyardchirper.com/bird-info-237.htmlWe have two of the Brome feeders and some mourning doves; I've never seen a dove perch on our feeders. I think you'll be happy with the Brome. David, Great Falls, VA
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My best suggestion is one should put a sign that no doves, pigeons are allowed to feed from this bird feeder. If they are decent they will read the sign and never come back. For the bad ones you should make it more weight sensitive by rotating the inner rod so that only light birds can sit on the perch. In general this is the best bird feeder we found which keeps the squirrel away. Before the squirrels were the sole eaters from our bird feeders.
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The tension for the part of the feeder that closes the seed holes can be adjusted to allow the weight of a dove to shut it.
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Yes this feeder prevents doves from perching on it and feeding, I cannot say about pigeons since I never get any in my yard. This is as advertised a "squirrel buster" which is why I bought it because squirrels were cleaning out my feeders almost on a daily basis. No more!!
32854
We have doves and they don't use the feeder, I think they are to heavy when they land on ring. We have it set so Cardinals can feed. Also Crows can't use it, we love ours. Saving money on bird feed.
32855
It should - you can adjust the spring mechanism. If the doves are getting in, just make it more sensitive. Ours keeps out grackles (medium-sized bird).
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If you have few birds, it's not because of the Brome Feeder. It could be several reasons: (1) Not the right bird seed, (2) Too "traffic" area, (3), Not many trees for the birds to feel safe, (4) Not many birds in that location. Not knowing your situation, you might move the feeder, and see if you have the correct seeds for the types of birds in the area. They can be picker eaters, although once all is right, they eat and eat. I love this feeder!
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If you're attracting doves and other ground feeders.... simply sprinkle your feed on the ground or get a bird block. Otherwise, personal taste. I like the tubes with perches for the other birds. Get a quality tube feed if you go that route. The cheap ones are quickly devoured by the sun. Tomas in Tucson
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Yes, they do manage to sit on the rims edge unfortunately. I have given up trying to buy feeders that exclude all breeds of birds! If theres a will theres a way! If they are hungry they will find a way to eat. I was told that only cardinals like safflower seeds, i only put pure safflower seeds in this feeder i get all kinds of birds on this feeder! I also have other seed feeders, for other birds so it doesnt matter!
75126
In my experience sparrows have not been able to use this feeder. Whether they can learn is unclear but I've had it for over a year and I'm enjoying my downies use of it, not seeing other birds use it.
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No the Doves don't even attempt...but the Cardinals and Blue Jays manage somewhat and of course the Starlings somehow manage a quick morsel. The smaller birds do very well. The Slate Junco's fed regularly through the Winter along with the House Finch's, Titmouse, Yellow Finches, Chickadee's, Sparrows ..... a nice feeder.
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I only have cardinals, bluejays, nuthatches, chickadees, woodpeckers, indigo buntings, rose breasted grosbeaks, red and yellow finches, mourning doves, bluebirds, and hummingbirds coming here in Western PA. I use mixed, shelled cardinal food from the hardware store and they all love it. I also feed thistle and a seed that looks a lot like trail mix in my other feeders. We also have owls, whippoorwill, hawks, etc. We live in the PA WILDS region of the state.Penn State has a blackbird problem and they use what sounds like percussion bombs to scare them off. Good Luck.
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I've had a bit of a problem with them and have had a bit of success with plain scare tactics - like tapping the box when they're in there - and putting only hard seed in like safflower, large sunflower (not black oil) and thistle. I got this from http://nestwatch.org/learn/all-about-birdhouses/managing-house-sparrows-and-european-starlings/ in the section on feeding.
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I have a mix of seeds and the same thing happens when the bigger birds knock out the seeds they don't want to get to what they do want. The answer is to have several feeders with a different kind of seed in each one. Someday I might do that, but for now, I just watch the squirrels, chipmunks, , doves, and other ground feeders enjoy the spoils!
33721
I have seen no other birds at my feeder -just the pretty Finches. I don't know if it's possible, but nome of my other birds have shown any interest. Also, the Finches don't seem as wasteful as the other birds.
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Feeder has worked well -- little spillage and the seed stays dry. Have been refilling it from the top all summer and the nyjer seed at the bottom seems to be OK. I plan to dump it out and check before refilling for the winter but I don't expect to have to throw out the bottom seed. Finches eat from it but so do other small birds. If you want to restrict feeding to only finches, buy an upside down feeder (holes are below the perches, not above). Took the finches a day or two to get the hang of it but they really do feed hanging upside down and no other birds do this so all the nyjer seed in this type of feeder goes to finches.
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The reason that we bought this feeder is to provide a feeder for smaller birds where the larger birds can not get to the feed. So far it has worked perfectly. Blue Jays and other large birds have not been able to feed at this feeder. I have not seen any Cardinals feeding at it either but we don't have that many Cardinals feeding at our Yankee Flipper feeder either.
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I have mainly starlings (one type of blackbird) in my area. I used only black sunflower seeds, and they have not taken over the feeder. It may be that the perching area is smaller (which is one of the recommendations for keeping away blackbirds. They also do not like to feed under anything, so when mine was hanging under a poch ceiling, they never came to the area. As for seeds, the sites I read suggest safflower seeds (very hard) as the one type of seed blackbirds will not eat. Not sure what other birds like it. here's one good link for more info: http://springfieldil.wbu.com/content/show/76860 Good luck!
30574
I have seen the female cardinal in the feeder but the male doesn't enter it. It does keep out larger birds and they eat what is dropped on the ground.
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Well, the base is deep enough (actually birds can walk in there) that only a few seeds fall to the ground but the same birds eat them after that. Besides I covered half of the openings so there's a controlled seed flow. My real problem is with a pigeon that knows there are seeds on the ground at any given time, it eats the seeds and leaves me with droppings. Other than that, I like this feeder very much.
2040330
Doves are ground or platform feeders. This would not be conducive to them as they do not perch when they eat.
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Popular with the finches and similar size birds. Some greedy bigger birds will cling briefly. Doves much prefer to ground feed....try safflower seeds if you have problems with squirrels eating ground seeds like sunflower.